Nagios Core Documentation

Documentation on using Nagios Core. Documentation is meant to complement the Nagios Core manuals and tutorials.

Using NCPA For Passive Checks

This document describes how to configure the Nagios Cross Platform Agent (NCPA) to send passive check results to Nagios XI or Nagios Core using Nagios Remote Data Processor (NRDP). This document is intended for use by Nagios XI or Nagios … Read More

Nagios – Ports and Protocols

This document is intended to provide Nagios Network Admins with the ports they need. … Read More

Nagios Core – Installing on Centos 7

This document describes how to install Nagios Core 4.1.1 and Nagios Plugins 2.1.1 on Centos 7 minimal. This document is intended for use by anyone who wishes to install Nagios Core on a Centos 7 minimal machine. Nagios_Core_Installing_On_Centos7.pdf

Nagios – Writing a Custom Worker

This document describes the high-level steps for writing a custom Nagios Core 4 worker. Nagios Core workers are a new concept to Nagios Core 4 and there may be a situation when you would want to write a worker to … Read More

Installing Nagios Core From Source

This documentation describes how to install Nagios Core from source on CentOS, Ubuntu, and RHEL.   The document can be found here: Installing Nagios Core From Source

Installing NSCA With Nagios Core

This document describes how to install the NSCA addon with Nagios Core.  The NSCA addon is the most popular method of transmitting passive check results from external applications to Nagios. Installing_NSCA.pdf Note: If you are using Nagios XI, use the … Read More

Using The BPI Addon

Nagios Business Process Intelligence is an advanced grouping tool that allows you to set more complex dependencies to determine groups states. Nagios BPI provides an interface to effectively view the ‘real’ state of the network. Rules for group states can … Read More

Introduction To Nagios V-Shell

This document describes how to install and setup the Nagios V-Shell, or “Visual” Shell, for Nagios Core and Nagios XI installations. Nagios V-Shell is a lightweight PHP interface for Nagios Core designed to be simple to install and use, and … Read More

Nagios Core Documentation Coming Soon

Nagios Core documentation will be coming to the Nagios Library soon – stay tuned!

Integrating MNTOS With Nagios

This document describes how to install the MNTOS (“Multi-Nagios Tactical Overview System”) monitoring aggregation tool with Nagios XI or Nagios Core. MNTOS allows you to setup an aggregated view of multiple Nagios monitoring servers, making it a useful tool for … Read More